Jan 16, 2012

CENTS Set to Meet Next WeekSource: ONLA

Next week's CENTS 2012 will feature talks from several well-known and highly respected green industry experts.

CENTS 2012 is set to meet next week (Jan. 23-25) at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH.

CENTS is a show specifically for people engaged in any aspect of the green industry: grower, garden center, landscape contractor, landscape maintenance, turf grass and arborist. The show is produced by the Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association.

Among the speakers this year are Dr. Charles Vander Kooi a private consultant who will be speaking on Estimating and Expense Tracking in the Landscape and High Maintenance Project Bidding. As well as Chasing Away the Overhead Storm Cloud.

David Nowak, a project leader for the United States Forest Service will be presenting two short course sessions – The Urban Understory: The Value of Urban Treesand The Color of Carbon is Green.

And author James Urban will speak on the Origin of Soils: The Urban Story and Street Tree Design for Survival: Using Structured Soil in Urban Environment.

GPN recognizes 40 industry professionals under the age of 40 who are helping to determine the future of the horticulture industry. These individuals are today’s movers and shakers who are already setting the pace for tomorrow.